New Features: Support for Gender Pronouns and Sharing to Breakout Rooms
This week, Zoom unveiled client version 5.7, with a couple of new features you may find useful. First up is the ability to have your preferred gender pronouns displayed in your contact card and as part of your display name in meetings and webinars. Once your preferred pronouns are added to your profile page, you […]
“Vanishing Pen” and “Reaction” emojis added to Zoom version 5.6.3
Version 5.6.3 of the Zoom desktop client was released on April 19, and among the new features offered are a “Vanishing Pen” for annotation and an expanded library of “Reactions” emojis and symbols. The Vanishing Pen can be accessed when you’re in Sharing mode by first choosing the “Annotate” option… …and then changing the default […]
Zoom Transcriptions (for Zoom Cloud and Kaltura)
One of the great things about Zoom’s “Cloud Recording” option is the ability to create text-based transcriptions of your meetings. In order to use the feature, you’ll want to check your account settings under the “Recording” tab and make sure “audio transcript” is enabled. When you’re ready, launch your meeting and choose the “Record to Cloud” option […]
Using advanced Kaltura features for Zoom Cloud Recordings
All VCU users with access to Zoom’s Cloud Recording feature (ie: anyone not attached to a department governed by HIPAA regulations) will have their videos automatically backed up to VCU’s Kaltura server at vcu.mediaspace.kaltura.com By adjusting your default Zoom account settings, you can take advantage of Kaltura’s ability to synchronize multiple video sources for a […]
Understanding “Waiting Room” settings
You probably already know that the Waiting Room feature is a great way to control access to your meetings and prevent disruptions by unwanted guests. However, you may not be familiar with all the ways you can tailor the settings to fit your meeting needs. In order to use the Waiting Room, you’ll first need […]
Closed Captions and Live Transcriptions
As of Feb 1, 2021, the “live transcript” option has been added to the VCU Zoom account, making it possible for users to include live captions in their meetings. To take advantage of this feature, you’ll need to be running at least version 5.5 of the desktop client. You can update your version by opening […]
Improved “Breakout Rooms” Options
With the latest version of the Zoom client, meeting co-hosts are given the same capabilities to control Breakout Rooms as hosts. Co-hosts may launch or end Breakout Rooms, assign participants, etc, all functions previously reserved for the host only. In addition, it is now possible remove specific participants from Breakout Rooms without having to close […]
Setting A Time Frame to “Join Before Host”
“Join before host” can be a useful feature for Zoom meetings, but until now, it meant a meeting could be started whenever anyone clicked on the “join” link, even if your planned start time was was still far off in the future. Now, Zoom has updated the feature to allow you to specify how soon […]
Participants Can Choose Breakout Rooms in Zoom 5.3.0
The latest version of the Zoom desktop client adds the ability for meeting participants to place themselves in Breakout Rooms. With Version 5.3.0, the meeting host can decide from three choices when using Breakout Rooms: (1) allow Zoom to randomly assign participants into a designated number of rooms, (2) let the host manually make the […]
New Policies and “Passcodes”
NOTE: This mandate is no longer in effect as of 9/20/20. However, the instructions for how to turn on passcodes are still valid, if you would like to use them. As part of Zoom’s continuing efforts to improve security, all meetings created on or after September 27 will be required to use either a passcode […]